Daniel m



Letters Patent No. 77,941), datecZ'Iay-l, 1868.

fomente-.newsemet' tlge Sdgemle ttfrmh te in ilgtst lLtritms getint-mili nintiugfpatttge To ALLWHOM IT'MAY CONGERN: Y Be it known that I, DANIEL M. WHITE, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex, undfState of Mussnehusctts,

lhere inventedrcertoin new'a'nd useful Improvements in Portable MusieStands; :ind I do hereby declare that the following is a. full and exact description tliereoigircference bei the letters of reference-marked thereon.

ng had to the neeoinpztnying drewings, und to' To enable others sliilled in the art to make end use my invention, I will proceed'toidescribe its nature, construction, und use.

` n l a ,a l c l h l The .nature o f 'my lnvention consists 1n the construction und arrengement of a portable music-stand, wherein the fielding rack is pivoted to :t rod andenelosed in it tube, scid tube having n t'one end three parts, constructed in such e. manner vthat they een be'sprend ont andforin the legs et' the music-stand, or be closed mid be fastened by a. ferrnle, the whole, when comb-ined, forming a Walking-enne.'

Drawings. Figurejl is n perspective viewof my portuble'nius-ie-stand. Y Figure 2 is en elevation of the folding rocken-died, showing' the reel: foldedinfnll lines and-open in dotted lines. g i

Figure 3 is mielevation Offaly music-stimdjhe'n.folded as a cane, for easy trunsportntion.

Figure 4 is a. pnl-t section of the tube, showing the manner of holding the rod in thetuliel l I yconstruct Vmy portablestnnd 'as follows A is a hollow tube, oneend of which is constructed oftliree ports, f

B B, fig; 3, hinged in such n manner that they may be closed, us represented in iig.` Snor sp'rad open, s, hs to form legs or supports for tl1e`music-stnnd,ns shonn in iig; 1. In this tube 1i. the roiLDfte which thel'foldinfg rack C is a'ttnehed,f is inserted in suelta. manner thatthe notches made in the rei willbe euught -by the spring S, fig. 4, thus holding it {irmly in position.

The folding rack C is constructed fiive pieces of metal, one of'whieh, e, (bent sons to give zu'rinelinntion` to the'rnck is fastened to the rod The remaining pieces are pivoted to this bent piece' e, at F, ig.y1, in

suc-h a manner that they can 'be brought together or folded on to eyes shown in 2. The pieces a andc of" the folding rack ure I nnde', ns shown in iig. 1, so as to forma restler support for'tlie bottom of the-mus'ie-book or ertists' sketchhool ond areprovided'njith two'sumll strips of metal, gg, iig. 1,' to prerent the bookifromsliding oft' infront l To use my improved mnsic'stend, spread open` the three ports B B 13,35 shown in 1;' then insert the ll'ef'lrDill tll'e'tllb@ turning it s o thet the spring`S Vwillnot' snap into the notches until the rack is et the desired height, then turning tho'rod until the spring' S snaps into'theheteh et this height; The rael isthus heldin position, nml, whoiropened is ready for use.:V

,Whennot'in use, my music-stond is eloserl'by removing the rod Dfi-enr the tubeA., closing` the folding'ruek. 0,115' shown in fig. '2, und inserlngit'in the hollow tube A, bring the parts B B B together nrouhd the folding :nusie-raek, nndrclasp them by a smell ferrule, G, thus forming :t neat and convenient welking-cene.`

Having thus described my inventibn,-I ivill now proceed te set forth m'y claim.` i f What I claim 11s my inventiomnn'diesire 4to lsecure by Letters Patent of the 'United States, is-4 I So arranging :t convertible cane and msicas-tand that when 'closed to form neane, snidenne shall'consist of the hinged legs B B Band the tube A,snid parts being pidapted tete'nelese the'r'od D und'olding mel; C, und,

-when nx'rungedhs u. music-stand, the legsB B B shall be extended to support f'the tube A und the'red D, und

frame C be ndjustahly supported on the lutter by ineens of the spring S, suhsta-xitinlly as deseribed. 4 f DANIEL M.:WHITE.

lWitnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, A; HUN BERRY. 

